Excuse me. I’ve got a frog in my throat

The reptiles have awoken from their winter torpor and are hungry. Walking next to the dam on the weekend we came across this Red-bellied Black Snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus) with a penchant for French food – frog legs, no less. Frogs are the main diet of these snakes. They also prey on other reptiles and small mammals. The snake wasn’t saying much — it’s rude to talk with your mouth full.

Finger lickin’ good (if I had any)

The Pobblebonk Frog (Limnodynastes dumerilii) wasn’t ‘bonking’ either. The neurotoxins in the snake venom are rarely life-threatening to humans but of course are deadly to frogs. We left the snake to enjoy its lunch in peace.